I’ve kind of kept it hush, hush but today I can finally let you know what’s been going on! I posted a little teaser on Instagram a while ago, but didn’t go into much detail! You see, 30 other food bloggers and I have been working on a little project! We made a cookbook! Well,…
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16 Fantastic Dip Recipes and a Pasta Chips Giveaway!
Getting to try new foods is a perk of being a blogger. Well maybe I should say that getting to try “new to me” foods is a perk! When I go to the awesome food blogger conferences there are always tons of brands there showing off their treats and giving out samples! Well when I…
Etsy Gift Certificate Giveaway
No recipe today BUT I’ve got a giveaway for you!! I’d teamed up with Ashley from M Paper Designs (aka Our Full Table) to bring you a pretty sweet giveaway! We both have etsy shops and we wanted to take a moment to share them with you and to say Thank You to everyone that’s…
#BrunchWeek Giveaways!!! That’s Right, GIVEAWAYS!!!
Good Morning!!! Rise and Shine! Welcome the 2nd annual #BrunchWeek hosted by Terri of Love and Confections and Susan of The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen! Join us May 5th through 11th while we celebrate the deliciousness of brunch and to prepare for Mother’s Day and summer brunching season. We have 32 bloggers…
32 Casseroles Recipes, 12 One Pot Meals
Photos: Top Row: Jambalaya with a California Twist from A Spoonful of Luxe, Sausage Kale Potato Casserole from Poet in the Pantry & Mexican Chicken Spaghetti from Julie’s Eats & Treats Bottom Row: Garlicky Kale with Red Beans + Rice from With Food and Love, Ma’s Broccoli Casserole from (me) Big Bear’s Wife & One Pot Creamy Vegetable Spaghetti Primavera from Katie’s Cucina We’ve ALL had those day…
Marshmallow Filled Chocolate Cupcakes
HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY “Blogiversary” TO BigBearsWife.com As of today I’ve been blogging for 5 years! Wow, I can’t believe it’s been that long; it doesn’t even feel like it’s been that long!! I started blogging back in 2009 as a way to keep track of our favorite recipes and it just kind of started to grow. People started to read this blog…
Avocado Chicken Cabbage Wraps & a Giveaway #AvoAllStars
I participated in this sponsored campaign for One2One Network, but as always all opinions are 100% mine. Take avocados and make a recipe for game day entertaining, but it can’t be a normal obvious recipe like guacamole! This was my challenge for this post. A challenge I accepted and got right to work on. The other…
{Gluten Free} Butterscotch Blondies with Chocolate Chips and Cranberries
Never in a million years did I think that one day I would be standing in my kitchen with organic coconut sugar and gluten free flour. Five years ago I didn’t even know that there were “organic” foods or “gluten free” foods or any of that. All I knew was “food”. My oh my how things…
BBQ Shrimp Foil Packets & a BBQ Giveaway
My friend, Anne, has introduced me to some wonderful foods over the past few years. I’ve started using coconut oil in place of regular oil because of her, I use pineapple juice instead of butter to saute chicken, we make pasta salad with greek yogurt now in place of mayo (well in some cases) and…
Pin It to Win It – From International Delight
Ice cream and summer go hand in hand don’t they? I mean most of my summer memories as a child involved us walking to the local ice cream shop. I have fond memories of sitting at the picnic tables up there eating ice cream and then running around with the other kids. We used popsicle molds to…
Greek “Dill”-light Pasta Salad
One of the hardest part about coming up with a recipe for me is actually giving the recipe a name. So after a few test runs with this recipe, after the photos were done and the recipe written out, I was stuck here with this “Greekish” pasta salad with no real name for it and…
Mini S’more Ice Cream Cakes & a S’more Cookbook Giveaway
The amount of S’more recipes floating around the web right now is insane. I love s’mores so, so much so this makes me super happy! I mean who would think that chocolate, marshmallow and graham cracker could bring so much joy? …Really if you have to ask that question then you haven’t had a really…
Book Signing for #WitchHearts, Liz and Viva la Cupcake – Roanoke, VA
This past Saturday I made the drive north towards the beautiful mountains of Virginia to Viva La Cupcake for the Book Release Party/Book Signing for Witch Hearts. This book is fantastic and one of my new favorite reads. I’m all about dark moods when it comes to reading, so a book packed with witches, spells…
Red Potato and Shrimp Hash Plus a Trip Giveaway!
Our goal to eat more natural foods is becoming easier and easier. I now look forward to fixing something amazing with the vegetables that stock my kitchen. I feel good about what we’re eating. It’s a good feeling. I tend to love it even more when I know exactly where my food comes from. That’s one of…
Banana Peanut Butter Baked Oatmeal : Flooded and Regular #BrunchWeek
#BrunchWeek is still going on this week! We’ve got Recipes and Giveaway’s galore! Check the bottom of this post for more recipes and the HUGE giveaway! Brunch is one of those meals that appeals to me. It’s not super early in the morning there are normally more options than breakfast, it’s more relaxed and it’s perfectible acceptable to…
Asparagus Tomato Frittata #BrunchWeek
Frittatas seem to be hit and miss in this house. I personally love them, Thomas…well he likes them somedays and other days he has no interest. That’s fine by me, because that means I will have some left over to re-heat for breakfast during the week, or brunch on the weekend! (Because I don’t like to…
A Bestowed Review and Giveaway
What’s everyone’s number 1 downfall when it comes to eating better? Around here all I hear is “If I could stop snacking on junk, I would eat better.” I hear it from my family, I hear it from friends and I read it online. Ok.. maybe not that exact sentence each time, but close. So to eliminate…
Spinach Artichoke Alfredo Pasta & a Healthy Dreamfields Pasta Giveaway
Why hello perfect pasta, so nice of you to join us for dinner! Back in November I drove up to the Mountains of Virginia for Mixed Con. It was a fabulous weekend, filled with food blog information, cake decorating classes, cookie lessons from Sweetopia and the chance to mingle and connect with some really fun and interesting brands. One of those…
Mini Donuts and The Circus – Greensboro, NC
The promise of quality time with my cousins, white tigers and tight-rope walkers coaxed me into going to the circus a month or so ago. I wasn’t happy about the thought of being in a room.. arena…that would be filled with creepy clowns, but I agreed to the trip. Within a few days, I found myself…
KRAFT Fresh Take Rosemary and Roasted Garlic #KRAFTFreshTake
KRAFT did compensate me for this post but as always the opinions in this post are 100% mine. This past month I’ve been experimenting some in the kitchen. KRAFT asked me to come up with a few recipe ideas using their Rosemary and Roasted Garlic Fresh Take Variety Cheese and Breadcrumb mix and I was glad to put…